Improvement in paper-ruling machines



esta m- "moer/ QJACOB J. WALsEn, or CHICAGO, ILLINoIs.

Letters Patent No. 85,550,dat,ed .Tamm/ry 5., 1869.

AIMPROVIEilVIIlIlII IN :PAPER-KUHN@ MACHINES.

The Schedule referred to in thee Lettera Patent and making part of thelam.

To all 'l-vhom it mayconcern- Be it known that I, J AooB J. Wnnsnn, ofChicago, in

`the county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented anImprovedStriker for Paper-RulinglVIaehines; and I I do hereby declarev that thefollowing is a full, clear, and

exact description ofthe same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, and letters markedthereon, making a part ofthis description,in which- Figure l is a perspective representation of f my invention, asattached to and arranged to operate with the pen-beam of the ordinarypaper-ruling machine.

Figure 2, a perspective representation of the same,

so turned back as to show the attachment at the under side.

' The nature of the present invention consists in supporting the'pensabove the paper, by means of adjustable rests or plates, bearing on across-bar, which is adjusted .with hinged levers or bars, so formed asto provide suitable supports for pivoted rests, the lower ends of whichmove out with the apron, and permit the pens to bear upon the paper whenlthe rule-lines are to be made.

The difficulty now experienced in operating strikers ofruling-machinesconsists in the care and trouble involved in so placing the pens on thepaper as to com- --lnence the lines at the proper place or heading, and

also to stop the pens on a given line.

'Io obviate this difficulty, and to provide a more complete machine, isthe object of the presentinvention. f

A represents a partof the bed or table of the machine, over which theaprons are moved by the ordinary mechanism now used for that purpose.

B B represent a two-part pen-beam, which supports the 4ordinaryruling-pens P P', in the usual manner.

In the drawings, the' pen-beam is represented as being pivo'tcd tostandards E, which are supported by the table A, but it may be pivotedto any other part of the machine that will permit the pens P Pto occupya suitable position relative to the table or bed A.

G G are straps, which are rigidly fastened to the back edge of thepen-beam B B', and hinged to leversor bars H, as shown in both figures.

These levers or bars are so adjusted, by means of bolts and nuts I, asto raise and lower the front edge of the pen-beam B B, relative to thetable or bed A, and they proj ect upward far enough at their front ends,as shown at H', to support two pivoted rests K, which have teeth ornotches ontheir lower ends, bearing on the apron, and moving with it farenough to let the pens P P strike the paper when they areto operate.

A two-part clamp, O C', is fastened to the under side of the pen-beam BB', and supports a series of metal rests, D, corresponding in numberwith the number of pens P used in the pen-beam, said rests beingadjustable in the clamp, and holding the pens in any required positionabove the paper.

' To prevent the rests D from springing down at their front ends, across-bar, J, is placed under them, and

rigidly fastened to the lever H. l

' Operation.

To rule with my improved striker, place the paper over the bed Ain theusual manner, then so lower the pen-beam B B as to bring the pivotedrests K on to the apron which carries the paper forward. This op erationwill, if 'the rests D have been properly adj usted, bring the pens P Pdown to a position which is a little -above the paper. The machine isnow put in motion,

and the apron carries the 'paper forward over the table A, and moves thelower ends of the pivoted rests K forward, and gradually brings the pensP P into position to make the rule-lines.

At fig. 1, the drawing represents the pivoted rests K moved forward, aswhen the pens P P are in use, but, by raising the pen-beam B B by meansof the lever L, they will hang parallel withthe vertical projeotions Hof the levers II, and support the pens P P' at a distance above thepaper, as aforesaid, preparatory to striking another head.

This striker will raise single, double, and treble ruling-pens forseveral' heads, and drop them according to the heading or headings forwhich they are set,

-thus enabling the ruler to stop on one line at the bottom of the page,and to strike several heads at the top of the page, with one length ofpeus.

The device can be put in operation in a very short time, and left on themachine when not in use, without causing any inconvenience to theoperator.

Having thus described my invention, I do not claim the pen-beam B B', ithaving been used before; but

\Vhat I do claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the UnitedStates, is-

1. 'Ihe con'lbination of the straps G G, hinged to the levers H, boltsand screws I, and pivoted rests K, substantially as set forth and shown.

2. The combination of the clamps O C', adjustable rests I), har J,levers H, and rests K K, constructed andE arranged to operate the pens PP', as and for the purpose specified.

' J. J.. WALSER.

Witnessesz` 4 G. L. OHAPLN, l E. E. GnBsoN.

